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INS Vikramaditya (R33) with a Sea Harrier aircraft
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Name | INS Vikramaditya (R33)[3] |
Namesake | Vikramāditya |
Builder | Black Sea Shipyard, Mykolayiv, Ukraine |
Cost | $2.35 billion[4] |
Commissioned | 16 November 2013[1] |
Homeport | INS Kadamba, Karwar |
Motto | Strike Far, Strike Sure[2] |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Modified Kiev-class |
Type | Aircraft carrier |
Displacement | 45,400 tons on full load[6][7] |
Length | 283.5 metres (930 ft) (overall) |
Beam | 59.8 metres (196 ft)[11] |
Draught | 10.2 metres (33 ft) |
Decks | 22[8] |
Installed power | 6 turbo alternators and 6 diesel alternators which generate 18 MWe[8] |
Propulsion | 8 turbopressurized boilers, 4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines, 180,000 hp[8] |
Speed | in excess of 30 knots (56 km/h) |
Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) 13,500 nautical miles (25,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)[5] |
Endurance | 45 days[8] |
Complement | 1,600 - 2,000[11] |
Sensors and processing systems | Long range Air Surveillance Radars, LESORUB-E, Resistor-E radar complex, CCS MK II communication complex and Link II tactical data system[8] |
Armament | |
Aircraft carried | list error: mixed text and list (help) Maximum of 36 aircraft including:
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References change
- ↑ "Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya set to join Indian Navy on November 16". The Indian Express. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ↑ "INS Vikramaditya motto is 'Strike Far, Strike Sure'". India Today. 17 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ↑ "Aircraft Carrier: INS Vikramaditya". Indian Navy. Retrieved 4 January 2014. Pennant No. R33
- ↑ PTI (10 March 2010). "Gorshkov deal finalised at USD 2.3 billion". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ PTI. "Engine problems in INS Vikramaditya fixed, sea trial to start in June – Economic Times". Articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
an endurance of 13,500 nautical miles (25,000 km) at a cruising speed of 18 knots. It will have an air wing consisting of Russian-made MiG-29K jet fighter planes and Kamov Ka-31 early warning radar helicopters.
- ↑ "NAVY – Project 1143". Bharat-Rakshak.com. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ↑ "Indian Carrier Begins Sea Trials | Defense News". defensenews.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ↑ "Navy gets long-delayed Vikramaditya". Business Standard. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "INS Vikramaditya enters Indian Navy's area of operation". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Vikramaditya to be handed to the Indian Navy on November 16". India & Russia Report. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ↑ "INS Vikramaditya won't have air defence system for now". Indian Express. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "INS Vikramaditya will serve Navy for 30 years". The Hindu. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "Misses, waits & progress in naval missiles". Business Standard. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.